Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Shipping is a feature.
Richard Campbell
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
Pablo Picasso
If a program manipulates a large amount of data, it does so in a small number of ways.
Alan J. Perlis
A computer scientist counts to ten: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ...
Anonymous
Everyone else counts to ten: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
Isaac Asimov
The difference between theory and practice is smaller in theory than in practice.
Anonymous
In the long run every program becomes rococo - then rubble.
Alan J. Perlis
The more bizarre the behavior, the more stupid the mistake.
Ed's Law of Debugging
Programming is an unnatural act.
Alan J. Perlis
FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular.
Ken Thompson